Photography Archive
Have you ever seen Walt Disney World or Disneyland covered under a blanket of freshly fallen snow during the winter? It’s long been a dream of ours to visit the parks during a blizzard, and despite it being one of our top Disney bucket list items, we sadly have not yet had that experience. This
Photographing dark rides at Walt Disney World and Disneyland is tough, but with these tips, you should be able take great on-ride photos! This guide will help you improve your photography on the toughest dark rides like Haunted Mansion, Peter Pan’s Flight, and Pirates of the Caribbean. There are a lot of great reasons to get
Festival of Fantasy is the daytime parade in Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World. This post offers viewing tips, photos, and my review. We’ll also discuss the floats, which are inspired by New Fantasyland, and include Little Mermaid, Dumbo, Pinocchio, Peter Pan, Sleepy Beauty, Tangled, Beauty and the Beast, and other animated films. Honestly, when
Looking for the best camera, lens, or other photography equipment to take great photos or improve your photography at Disney? This photography guide offers tutorials to take better photos in a variety of scenes at Walt Disney World, Disneyland, and beyond! The guide also provides helpful “real world” photography equipment reviews from an actual photographer (take a
Walt Disney World now sells Memory Maker, which is their popular PhotoPass photography package. In this post, we’ll review whether Memory Maker is worth the money, the quality you can expect from PhotoPass images, and also the differences between PhotoPass at Walt Disney World and Disneyland. For some guests, no review is necessary. Memory Maker
Want to know what’s in my camera bag? In this post I talk about the DSLR and mirrorless cameras I use, plus lenses, tripods, and other photography equipment I carry to the Disney Parks and on other travel we do. This post has become an annual “tradition” this time of year in response to reader
Crowds and viewing obstructions can make finding the best spot to watch the Disneyland fireworks difficult. This post offers a map of the best fireworks viewing spots, along with sample photos of the “Remember… Dreams Come True” fireworks so you can see what they look like from each spot. In addition, we’ll share some lesser-known fireworks
This post details the best views of World of Color, why I do not recommend the dessert party or dining package, and tips for taking great photos of the show. As a Disneyland local, I’ve seen World of Color 40+ times in the last 6 years from every possible vantage, and this is my regularly updated
Here are our top tips for taking great vacation photos, including photography equipment recommendations and a guide to focusing on key types of travel photos. This post serves as a crash course in taking better vacation photos. (Last updated February 3, 2018.) I have a wider range of camera recommendations and also tips for taking
It’s been a big few months for my camera bag, with several lenses being swapped out as I continue to try new things. This is the 2018 edition even though we’re still in 2017 because I recently upgraded to the Nikon D850, along with a slew of new lenses that’ll work best for that DSLR, so
Every serious Disney photographer has spent their share of time waiting…and waiting…for a monorail. In fact, one of the maxims of Disney photography is that if you are waiting to photograph a monorail, one will not show up, and if you don’t have your camera out as you pass a track, one will fly by
